Rail-joint.



. .J. REIMANN, JR.

RAIL' JOINT. APLIGATION FILED 11u23, 1913.

1,088,625.y Patented Feb'. 24, 1914 2 sums-SHEET 2.

Y fr' www 21 1] 3 JOHN REIMANN, JR., or TIBBEE STATION, Mississippi.

RAIL-JOINT.

Speeieation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914-'.

Application med May 23, 1913. 4.Serial No.. 769,474.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN REIMANN, Jr., acitizen of the United Sta-tes, residing at Tibloee Station, in thecounty of Clay and State of Mississippi, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Rail Joints, of which the' following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve` ments in rail joints.

In carrying out my invention it is my pur-y pose to so construct theends of two railway rails that, when connected, the same will provide avjoint which will prevent the downward mov ement of the rails at thejoint, the lateral movement of the said joint and permit of only alimited longitudinal movement.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a rail jointwherein the einployment of fish plates, rail chair and the like isdispensed with, and further wherein the bolts connecting the joint willbe eifectively sustained against accidental removal.

It' is a still further object of the invention to construct one end of arail in such a mannei' as to effectively support the end of a secondrail end, the said second'rail having its end of the ordinaryconstruction, but having its base flange out and it-s web at its headprovided with lugs which are welded or otherwise secured thereto, theextending web of the said rail adapted to be received within a suitablechannel provided in the end of the rst mentioned rail, and the lugs ofthe said second rail being received in depressions provided in the wallsof the channels of thesaid first mentioned rail.

With the above recited objects in viev and others which will appear asthe nature of the'invention is more fully understood, the improvementresides inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts set`forth in the following specification and falling within the scope ofthe appended claims.

In the drawings: Figure lis a side elevation of a rail joint constructedin accordance ,with my invention, Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2ot' Fig. l, Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken approximately onthe line 3 3 of Fig. l, Fig. 4 is a transverse sccr tional view on theline 4-4 of Fig. 1, l4 ig. o is a perspective view of one rail end, Fig.6

is a similar view of the second rail end, Fig. 7 is a detail perspectiveview of the nut lock, Fig. '8 is a central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the device, and Fig. 9 is a view of an ordinary railend, or the end of a broken rail having its base flange cut and providedwith welded lugs which are adapted to be received within one of the railend sections of my improved joint.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, RJ-R designate the rails. Therail R Vis formed with an enlarged end and a base which extends asuitable distance beyond -the terminal ofits head. The sides oit the4enlarged end are arranged approximately in the same vertical plane asare the sides of the head of the rail. The enlarged extension iscentrally longitudinally channeled, as at l, and the walls 2 and 3provided by the said channel, adjacent the terminal of the enlargedportion are eaclrprovided with regis termo notches Ll. The channelextends a suitable distance beneath the terminal ott the head to providethe endof the said channel with what I will termv a pocket The secondrail R is of the ordinaryv construction, except that the said rail hasits base flange cut away for a suitable distance `trom the end of itsweb, to provide the said flange with a shoulder 6, and the headterminates at 7, while the web projects a suitable distance beyond thesaid end 7 The lower wall or edge of the projecting portion oi the webis rounded, as indicated by the numeral 8, and integrally formed uponthe web, a slight distance beyond the shoulder (i, and arranged at thejuncture of the web and head ot the said rail, are oppositelj1 disposedlugs 9. These lugs have their lower, and whatI muy be termed their innercorners rounded, as at 10. By arranging the end of the rail Il at anangle with relation to the rail Il. and iuserting its extending webwithin the channel 1 of the rail I(` so that the end 7 of its headcontacts with the end oi the head of the rail Il, the lugs 9 will bedisposed directly above the notchesl 4lot the walls 2 and 3 of the railsIl, and a 'further downward pressure upon the rail ll will bring thesaid lugs into the notches, the extension ot the web ot the rail R beingalso positioned within the pocket, and the upper edge of the samecontacts with the upper wall of the pocket, while the head of the rail Rat the opposite sides of its web extension rests upon the upperl edge ofthe walls 2 and 3.

The web extension of the rail R is provided with openings which registerwith similar openings in the walls 2 and 3, the alining openings beingadapted for the reception of bolts 11 having the usual securing nuts 12.

The numeral 13 designates a plate which is provided with openings andwhich is adapted to serve a double purpose of a washer plate which isadapted to be arranged between one of the walls 2 or 3, and the nuts 12,as well as to provide a hinged connection for a nut lock plate 14. Theplate 14 is adapted to be swung between the voppositely disposed nuts 12when the nuts are screwed entirely home upon the bolts, and to Contactwith' the sides oi the said nuts to prevent the accidental rotation ofthe nuts upon the bolts. The bolts, adjacent theirheads are rectangular,and certain of the openings in either the walls 2 or 3 are likewise of arectangular formation, so that the accidental rotation of the bolts isthus A effectively prevented.

The rail R may be employed in connection with the end of an ordinaryrail which is illustrated in Figj19 of the drawing and which isdesignatedlfby the numeral 15. The rail has its web and head cutvertically and transversely and its web, at its juncture with its baseHanger/'cut longitudinally a suitable distance from the end of theweband head, and the base flange cut transversely, so that the web maybe'received within the channel 1 of the rail R and have the end of itsbase flange contact with the end of the base iiange of the said rail R.The rail 15 has welded thereon, or is otherwise provided with-lugs 16,the said lugs being arranged at the juncture of the web and head of therail 15 beyond the end of its base, and the said lugs 16 are adapted tobe received within the notches 4 provided by the walls 2 and 3 of therail R when the rail end 15 is arranged within the rail end R. In otherrespects, the device is similar to that described, being provided withthe securing nuts and bolts and the wear plate 13 having the hinged lockplate 14.

From the rabove description taken in connection with the .accompanyingdrawings', the simplicity of the device as well as the j advantagesfthereof will, it is thought, be

perfectly'lapparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventionsappertain without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim. as new is:

1. In a rail joint, two rails having coacting ends, the web of one ofsaid rail ends being enlarged and being extended beyond its head, theenlargement being centrally channeled to provide opposite walls, saidwalls having registering'notches the outer faces of which are disposedflush with the ,sides of the head of the rail, the channel extendingbeneath the head to provide a pocket, the second rail end having a webextension and a head extension, the web extension projecting beyond theend of the head extension, the end of the head extension being beveled,the said web .eX-

tension being formed beneath its head and upon its opposite faces withlugs, the lower and inner corners of which being rounded, the portion ofthe web extension beyond the end of the head having its lower edgerounded, the said web extension adapted to be arranged within thechannel of the first mentioned rail to have the projecting portion ofits web received within the pocket of the channel, its lugs ,receivedwithin the notches of the side walls of the channel, and means,comprising nuts and bolts, for securing the rail ends.

2. In a rail joint, two co-aeting rails, one of said rails having itsend enlarged and centrally formed. with a channel, the side wallsprovided by the channel blfeing notched, the said side walls beingprovided with noncircular bolt receiving openings, the second railhaving a head and web extension, and being provided with bolt openings,the said second rail having secured beneath its head and to its webextension oppositelj7 disposed lugs, the extension adapted to bereceived within the channel and its lugs arranged within the notches ofthe first mentioned rail, bolts having rectangular portions adjacenttheir heads engaging the non-circular openings in one of the plates andpassing through the remaining registering open-Vv 'f ings, a bearingplate arranged upon the bolts and contacting with one of the side wallsof the channeled rail joint, and nuts for the bolts. i

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l JOHN REIMANN'JH.

Witnesses:

D. M. WILSON,

CHAS. C. lVrLsFoRD.

Copies of thisy patent may; Je obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

